Sachin Rekhi's Ramblings
On Mastering DB Development with Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
Database Unit Testing Whitepaper Published
I wanted to let you all know that I just published my detailed whitepaper on database unit testing....
Date: 03/16/2007
Reporting Survey
As many of our Team System customers know, a lot of the value that comes from the Visual Studio Team...
Date: 01/18/2007
New DB Pro Case Study
Check out this great case study that was recently published showing exactly how Team Edition for...
Date: 01/18/2007
Programmatic deployment sample
Jamie Laflen, Tech Lead for database unit testing, has put together another great sample showing you...
Date: 01/02/2007
Disabling triggers to support data generation
Jamie Laflen, Tech Lead for database unit testing, has developed a code sample to show you how to...
Date: 01/02/2007
Database Unit Testing Whitepaper Draft
So I’ve spent the last week authoring a detailed whitepaper on Team Edition for Database...
Date: 12/20/2006
Team Edition for Database Professionals v1.0 in now available!
The first edition of Team Data is now available for download on MSDN. So if you are an MSDN...
Date: 12/07/2006
Common Regular Expressions
Gert Drapers has a great post on taking full advantage of the regular expression generator. He shows...
Date: 11/29/2006
Process Guidance Incorporating DB Pro Available!
The other major announcement we made this week was that the MSF Process Guidance Templates have been...
Date: 11/18/2006
Team Data Ship Date: November 30, 2006
We officially announced this week at the SQL Pass conference our RTM date for Team Edition for...
Date: 11/18/2006
Change in Database Unit Testing RAISERROR Behavior in CTP 7
We have changed the behavior of the usage of the RAISERROR command in database unit tests. Prior to...
Date: 11/10/2006
Change in Test Conditions Generators Extension File in CTP7
I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of a change that we have made in the extensions file for...
Date: 11/10/2006
DevConnections Presentation: Database Unit Testing
I wanted to make available the other presentation that I gave at Dev Connections in Las Vegas,...
Date: 11/10/2006
DevConnections Presentation: The Database Development Process
This week I attended the Dev Connections series of conferences in Las Vegas, Nevada. I had a great...
Date: 11/10/2006
Team Data CTP7 is now Live!
Team Data CTP7 is now Live! Download it here. Check out Cameron’s blog post to find out exactly what...
Date: 11/02/2006
Product Documentation is now Live!
Just wanted to take a moment to direct folks to documentation for Team Edition for Database...
Date: 11/01/2006
Creating a custom data generator: PersonGenerator
One of the most exciting extensibility points in Team Edition for Database Professionals is the...
Date: 10/26/2006
Test Case Management
If you have both Team Data and Test Test (or simply Team Suite), you’ll be able to take advantage of...
Date: 10/23/2006
The Many Ways to Execute Database Unit Tests
I wanted to make sure you were all aware of the various methods of executing database unit tests....
Date: 10/23/2006
A new Team Data Blogger: Mairead
As we get closer to bringing this product to market, my fellow Program Manager, Mairead O’Donovan,...
Date: 10/20/2006
Team Data CTP6 Survey
We have just posted a survey that we are seeking our customer’s valuable feedback on based on their...
Date: 10/18/2006
Team Data CTP6 is now available!
The latest and greatest CTP of Team Edition for Database Professionals is now available! Download...
Date: 10/17/2006
Upcoming DB Pro Chat!
Wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the upcoming DB Pro chat! Details below… Come and join...
Date: 10/12/2006
Video on adding transaction support to db unit tests
Learn how to add transaction support to your database unit tests in Team Edition for Database...
Date: 10/12/2006
Adding transaction support to database unit tests
I wanted to describe how to add transaction support to your database unit tests. In this previous...
Date: 10/12/2006
Video on Creating a Custom Test Condition
I just put together a 15 minute video on just how you go about creating a custom test condition. So...
Date: 10/12/2006
Interesting Rename Refactoring Scenarios: Coalescing Two or More Objects
Here is another interesting use case for rename refactoring – coalescing two or more objects. What...
Date: 10/03/2006
Interesting Rename Refactoring Scenarios: Name Consistency
One of the primary uses of database rename refactoring is driving naming consistency of your schema...
Date: 10/03/2006
Take our product survey
Cameron Skinner just posted a request on his blog for everyone to take our product survey. It...
Date: 10/03/2006
Visual Studio Team System Chat Tomorrow (Oct 4)
I'd encourage everyone to come check out tomorrow's VSTS chat... Join members of the Visual Studio...
Date: 10/03/2006
Video on Configuring Design DB for Team Edition for Database Professionals
Richard Waymire just posted a video that will describe how to install and configure SQL Server 2005...
Date: 09/29/2006
Video on Creating a database project with Team Edition for DB Pros
Mairead O’Donovan just put together a fabulous 10 minute video walking you through exactly how to...
Date: 09/29/2006
Video on Team Edition for DB Pros
Our customers are always hungry for content related to the newest edition for Visual Studio Team...
Date: 09/28/2006
CTP 5 Refresh Available!
Cameron Skinner, Product Unit Manager, of Team Edition for Database Professionals just added a great...
Date: 09/15/2006
Team Edition for DB Pros 5 Min Demo
While preparing for my keynote demo for Tech Ed Malaysia, I produced a couple of short sample videos...
Date: 09/15/2006
Trip to Tech Ed SEA in Malaysia
I just got back from an exciting trip to Microsoft Tech Ed South East Asia in Kuala Lumpur,...
Date: 09/11/2006
MSDN Webcast: Richard and Mairead on Managing and Deploying SQL Server 2005 Schemas
Richard Waymire, PM Architect, and Mairead O’Donovan, Program Manager, recently completed an MSDN...
Date: 09/11/2006
Extensibility in Team Edition for Database Professionals
I just gave a presentation at the annual Visual Studio Partner Summit on extensibility points in...
Date: 08/30/2006
Creating a custom test condition: ResultSet Column Count
I wanted to walk you through just how you can go about creating your own custom test condition. This...
Date: 08/22/2006
Team Data CTP5 is available!
I would like to announce that Team Edition for Database Professionals Community Technology Preview 5...
Date: 08/21/2006
Sample Code from Today’s Webcast
I was asked if I could provide some of the code samples that I showed during today’s webcast. So I...
Date: 08/08/2006
MSDN Webcast: Gert and Sachin on Database Testing and Refactoring
Gert Drapers, Development Manager, and I did a MSDN webcast yesterday on Database Testing &...
Date: 08/08/2006
2 connection strings in database unit testing
If you’ve had a chance to play with database unit testing in Team Edition for Database...
Date: 08/08/2006
Under the hood of database unit testing
In previous posts I have showed you how to create various kinds of database unit tests using Team...
Date: 08/08/2006
Public Test Condition Extensibility
I’m very excited to announce that Team Edition for Database Professionals will support public test...
Date: 08/08/2006
Running database unit tests from the command-line
Since database unit tests are first-class test types in Team Test, you can take full advantage of...
Date: 07/29/2006
Link: Erich Gamma JUnit Unit Testing
Ed Burnette has a great post looking back on the successes of Erich Gamma. While I think of him most...
Date: 07/29/2006
What is the Inconclusive Test Condition?
Several people have asked me about what the Inconclusive Test Condition is and why we add it by...
Date: 07/29/2006
Database Unit Testing and Debugging
With Team Edition for Database Professionals, you can create database unit tests and debug the...
Date: 07/27/2006